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metastasis

/muh-tas-tuh-sis/US // məˈtæs tə sɪs //UK // (mɪˈtæstəsɪs) //

转移,转移瘤,转移趋势,转移率

Related Words

development发展,开发,发展情况evolution演化,演变,进化,演进upheaval动乱,动荡,动荡不安,乱世progression进展情况,进展,发展,进程shift移位,转移,移,轮班conversion转换,换算,转化,改造passage通过,通道,经过,通过率growth增长,增长情况,增长的,增长的问题progress进展,进展情况,进步,进益changeover交接,转变,转移,交接班transformation蜕变,转型,变革,改造flux焊剂,通量,涨潮,涨幅transit中转,转运,中转运,中运alteration改动,改建,改造,变更turn变成,转弯,变成了,转变metamorphosis蜕变,变形,变质,变态passing逝者如斯夫,逝去的,逝世,逝者transmutation嬗变,蜕变,转化,蜕化turning point转折点,转捩点,拐点,转点realignment重新调整,调整,重新整合,重整旗鼓

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural me·tas·ta·ses [muh-tas-tuh-seez]. /məˈtæs təˌsiz/.

    • : Pathology. the transference of disease-producing organisms or of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.the condition produced by this.
    • : transformation.
    • : Rhetoric. a rapid transition, as from one subject to another.
    • : Physics. a change in position or orbit of an elementary particle.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as intransition
Synonyms
changeover交接,转变,转移,交接班conversion转换,换算,转化,改造development发展,开发,发展情况evolution演化,演变,进化,演进growth增长,增长情况,增长的,增长的问题passage通过,通道,经过,通过率progress进展,进展情况,进步,进益progression进展情况,进展,发展,进程shift移位,转移,移,轮班transformation蜕变,转型,变革,改造upheaval动乱,动荡,动荡不安,乱世alteration改动,改建,改造,变更flux焊剂,通量,涨潮,涨幅metamorphosis蜕变,变形,变质,变态passing逝者如斯夫,逝去的,逝世,逝者transit中转,转运,中转运,中运transmutation嬗变,蜕变,转化,蜕化turn变成,转弯,变成了,转变realignment重新调整,调整,重新整合,重整旗鼓turning point转折点,转捩点,拐点,转点

Examples

  • Cancer spread to the lungs is one of the most common forms of metastasis in various cancers.

  • But under the circumstances, they seem unable to stop its inexorable metastasis.

  • Indeed, some 90 percent of cancer fatalities are the result of the metastasis rather than the primary tumor.

  • I have thought that its origin might be accounted for on the principle of metastasis of morbid material.

  • The gills have become shifted forward by a metastasis similar to that which brought the whole thoracic organs far forward in fish.

  • We note here an interpretation of the first metastasis in terms of functional adaptation.

  • In the same category of laminitis from metastasis may also be placed the laminitis occurring as a result of an overdose of aloes.

  • When metastasis takes place, as it occasionally does, the fungus is transmitted by the blood vessels, as in pyæmia.

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